ATLANTA – The PGA Tour has been held for five consecutive weeks without a player or cadet being tested positive for coronavirus and reached the end of their 2019-2020 season with a low number of cases since returning from the pandemic closure in June.
14 tournaments were played for thirteen weeks, all spectators.
But slowly, the PGA Tour will be reviewed to bring those spectators back to the field. PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan would be engaged in a schedule, however Kevin Kisner, director of players on the nine-member PGA Tour political council, said he could simply see some movement around the first of the year.
“I think we’re going to pass on to viewers as soon as we feel like we have a smart plan that players feel comfortable with,” Kisner said Thursday at East Lake Golf Club, where the touring championship starts on Friday. go back from the fans. Without the fans, the excursions are not the same, the income is not the same. We wish them back. We all want to play in front of the fans. We appreciate other people applauding our golf strokes, that the volunteer or the two volunteers in a hole.
“I think early in the new year we’re probably going to go ahead to check something out. Obviously, it takes time. And what we’ve done with these pro-am things is we’ve started the Champions Tour. ” and the Korn Ferry Tour to check it out, and maybe we’ll check in with some enthusiasts to see how the protocols work. I think we’re going to start with a very limited number and a transition from there. ”
The PGA Tour champions and the upcoming Korn Ferry Tour have brought back the pro-am, which are a vital source of weekly winnings. The PGA Tour plans to have its first pro-am in 3 weeks on its occasion in the Dominican Republic.
Next week, PGA Tour champions will allow a limited number of spectators at the Sanford International in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. This will be the first time that one of the tours will allow viewers to be from the close of the march. have about 5,000 more people a day.
“As we have noticed throughout this process, every week we have adapted to the new rules and new tactics of doing the tour and are happy to get acquainted with everything and get back to the usual as soon as possible. “
Monahan said Wednesday that the PGA Tour was aware of the house’s testing procedures that can produce a quick COVID-19 result and can be useful to viewers.
Kisner, in his role on the political council, said he felt like he was on the phone for “a million” hours to talk about the problems as the PGA Tour tried to retreat and continued to weather the pandemic. Testing is important, but not necessarily necessary, to bring viewers back, at least in the short term.
“I wouldn’t think we’d be at a point where we checked each and every viewer,” Kisner said. “But I think we can simply replace the way the strings paint to restrict contact, and have many more volunteers than we might verify. to help us restrict contact.
“If you’re listening to CDC guidelines, if they’re not within 6 feet, you shouldn’t have any problems, should you?So as long as we stay away from each other, use our mask when we’re inside, we have the safest environment in the world to practice our game, and we can find a way to keep other people away from us and others to entertain ourselves, I think we’ll soon be able to move in that direction. ”
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